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A Study on the Development and Effects of a Program for Nurturing Children's Emotional Intelligence
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was 1) to develop program for nurturing children's emotional intelligence and2) to examine the effects of such a program. First, a program was developed based on Mayer andSalovey's Emotional Intelligence model, the standard Edu-care curriculum of the Ministry of GenderEquality and Family in Korea, and surveys on emotional intelligence programs from both parents andteachers. The program consists of 16 sessions. Each session includes various activities for motor skills,music, art, and literature. Second, 78 children in Seoul and Kyounggi province participated in this studyin order to test the effects of the program. Thirty-seven children in an experimental group joined in 16sessions of the program for 8 weeks, and 41 children in a control group did not take part in theprogram. Our analysis of covariance(ANCOVA) indicated that experimental group displayed higher levels ofemotional intelligence compared to the control group in the post-test, supporting the argument that theprogram has an effect upon children's emotional intelligence.